X-ray Studies on Electrochemical Systems ─ Synchrotron Methods for Energy Materials

For researchers interested in exploring synchrotron radiation methods for electrochemical systems and battery, fuel cell, and solar cell research at synchrotron x-ray sources, Braun, a physicist who researches renewable energy materials with synchrotron and neutron methods, explains how to combine experiments from physical chemistry, electrochemistry, chemical engineering, and biophysics with x-ray and neutron methods. He details his research in electrochemical energy storage and conversion, as well as the work of others, to show synchrotron x-ray-based methods that can be used for the structural assessment of electrode and electrolyte materials in electrochemical systems. He discusses molecular structure and electronic structure, including x-ray and electron spectroscopy methods; the crystallographic structure and microstructure determination, including diffraction, reflectometry, and scattering; the imaging and other real space mapping methods based on x-rays; the anomalous dispersion of chemical elements and uses in elemental, chemical, and orbital x-ray contrast variation; the surface and bulk sensitivity of the methods; organic and bio-organic samples; x-ray electrochemical case studies of batteries, fuel cells, and photoelectrochemical cells; and how x-ray based data can match the conductivity data from some materials. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Artur Braun, EMPA, Lausanne, Switzerland.